Publications

1985
Chapter

Business History in the United States: Past Accomplishments and Future Directions

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Business History; United States

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

in what people think, and you need to find the right people to talk to you,” says Elkins, a professor of history and African and African American Studies at Harvard, and the founding director of the Harvard Center for African Studies.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Schumpeter’s Plea: Rediscovering History and Relevance in the Study of Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dan Wadhwani

2010
Working Paper

Commodity Chains: What Can We Learn from a Business History of the Rubber Chain? (1870-1910)

By: Felipe Tamega Fernandes

The literature on the rubber boom applied a Dependendist view of rubber production in the Brazilian Amazon. Even though a sizable surplus was generated in the rubber chain, it was mostly appropriated by foreigners. This view is in tune with the Global Commodity Chain... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business History; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; Brazil

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Web

Using Oral History in Business and Management Studies - Creating Emerging Markets

Conferences Using Oral History in Business and Management Studies February 6th, 2023 from 8:30AM-12PM EST on ZOOM . The Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) project based at Harvard Business School’s Business View Details

24 Oct 2022
Podcast

Unilever CEO Alan Jope Maintains a Long History of Doing Good

Alan Jope of Unilever leads a company with a historical commitment to doing good. This massive company sells more than 400 brands. It started back in 1885 with a bar of beauty soap. Jope says navigating with a deep purpose makes his company stronger and more... View Details

21 Nov 2018
News

The History Of The First Thanksgiving — No, Not That One

April 2019 (Revised February 2025)
Case

Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc.: Extending a History of Life-Changing Innovations (A)

By: Ryan Raffaelli, David G. Fubini and Aldo Sesia

This case examines the leadership challenges associated with maintaining a culture of innovation in established organizations. It asks students to step into the shoes of a leader faced with making several tough decisions about when to invest (or to stop investing) in... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Innovation Leadership; History; Technological Innovation; Investment; Decision Making

Educators

Article

Does the Law and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History?

By: Aldo Musacchio and John D. Turner

For the body of work known as the law and finance literature, the development of financial markets and the concentration of ownership across countries is to a large extent the consequence of the legal system nations created or inherited decades or hundreds of years... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Business History; Financial Markets; Financial History; Business and Shareholder Relations; Law; Financial Services Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Brazil

Fall 2019
Article

Du « défi américain » à l’expansion européenne: Les relations économiques transatlantiques des années cinquante aux années soixante-dix

By: Grace A. Ballor

Economic histories of post-war transatlantic relations have focused on two predominant narratives: US aid for European reconstruction through the Marshall Plan, and the threat of American business investment in Europe. But little research has linked these two elements.... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Corporations; Economic History; International Relations; Business History; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management

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Winter 2020
Article

Training Leaders to Win Wars and Forge Peace: Lessons from History

By: P. Tufano

2024
Working Paper

Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy—Living Drugs: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhidé and Srikant M. Datar

In 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an immunotherapeutic treatment, called CAR-T therapy, for two kinds of blood cancers—acute leukemia (ALL) and a lymphoma. We describe 1) how CAR-T works, 2) the foundational advances and discoveries, 3) the... View Details

Keywords: Immunotherapy; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

SSRN

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May 1991
Case

Fourth Phase of Marketing: Marketing History and the Business World Today

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Marketing

2024
Chapter

Visionaries and Transformative Product Launches in Computing and Information Business History

By: Shane Greenstein

22 Nov 2024
News

The History of Black Friday — And What 2024 May Bring

30 Jan 2024
News

Fearing a Bond Selloff? History Shows Fed-Fueled Gains Are More Likely

January 2022
Teaching Note

TXU (A) and (B): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History

By: Trevor Fetter

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 320-064 and 320-065. View Details

2021
Chapter

History on Trial: Mau Mau Reparations and the High Court of Justice

By: Jaqueline Bhabha, Caroline M. Elkins and Margareta Matache

Article

Deception and Its Detection: Effects of Monetary Incentives and Personal Relationship History

By: Lyn M. Van Swol, Deepak Malhotra and Michael T. Braun

The study examined detection of deception in unsanctioned, consequential lies between either friends or strangers using an ultimatum game. The sender was given an amount of money to divide with the receiver. The receiver did not know the precise amount the sender had... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Money; Ethics; Relationships